The Elephant in the Room - Educating Practitioners on Software Development for Sustainability

The Sustainability Design Alliance; Colin C. Venters

doi:10.1109/BoKSS52540.2021.00017

The Elephant in the Room - Educating Practitioners on Software Development for Sustainability

The Sustainability Design Alliance, Colin C. Venters

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Abstract

Software engineering as a discipline has recognised that software systems can have an impact on sustainability, and researchers have started to investigate this topic. New knowledge is being created and methods, and tools that support software engineering for sustainability are emerging. Several universities have started to train their students in software engineering for sustainability. But what about the millions of SE practitioners who are already designing and developing future software systems - how would they know about making systems sustainable? Currently, there is a lack of consolidated guidance. In this paper, we promote the idea of developing a standardised curriculum and handbook as a basis for the training and certification of practitioners in sustainable software development. This would not only increase their market value but would also have a positive impact on their companies and could help to satisfy customers who demand sustainable software systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Software Sustainability, BoKSS 2021
Editors	Lisa O'Conner
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	25-26
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665444606
ISBN (Print)	9781665444613
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BoKSS52540.2021.00017
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	1st IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Software Sustainability - Co-located with ICSE 2021, Virtual, Online, Spain Duration: 1 Jun 2021 → 2 Jun 2021 Conference number: 1 https://bokss.github.io/bokss2021/

Conference

Conference	1st IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Software Sustainability
Abbreviated title	BoKSS 2021
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Virtual, Online
Period	1/06/21 → 2/06/21
Internet address	https://bokss.github.io/bokss2021/

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The Sustainability Design Alliance & Venters, CC 2021, The Elephant in the Room - Educating Practitioners on Software Development for Sustainability. in L O'Conner (ed.), 2021 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Software Sustainability, BoKSS 2021., 9470772, IEEE, pp. 25-26, 1st IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Software Sustainability, Virtual, Online, Spain, 1/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/BoKSS52540.2021.00017

The Elephant in the Room - Educating Practitioners on Software Development for Sustainability. / The Sustainability Design Alliance; Venters, Colin C.

2021 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Body of Knowledge for Software Sustainability, BoKSS 2021. ed. / Lisa O'Conner. IEEE, 2021. p. 25-26 9470772.

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